Exhibition-jar.



No. 632,32I.Y Patented Sept. 5, |899. J. P. OLNEY.

EXHIBITION JAR.

(Application led May 6, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES P. OLNEY, OF'ROME, NEIV YORK.

EXHIBITION-JAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,321, datedSeptember 5, 1899.

Application filed May 6| 1899.

ment of the parts, as hereinafter more par-` ticularly pointed out andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a side view of my exhibition-jarsand jar-stand arranged on the plan hereinafter pointed out. Fig. 2 isavertical central section of a jar, its attachment, and the jar-stand onwhich the same is located. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sectionalclamping-ring. Fig. 4f

is a bottom view of the sectional clamping-v ring. Figs. 5 and 6 aresections of the clamping-ring, showing the arrangement of the springs,catches, and parts.

In the drawings similar numerals refer to corresponding parts in theseveral views.

On the upper face of the stand I provide circular holes or openings,which in this instance are shown to be dovetailed in shape, asillustrated at numeral 2 in Fig. 2, for the receipt of the neck of thejar. The jar 3 is made of glass, with the upper end rounded and the neckprovided with ange 4, Fig. 2, and into this jar I insert the requisitecanned goods which are to be illustrated and exhibited and then insertcork 5 in the neck of the jar and place it in the inverted position,(shown in Figs. l and 2,) the reck being inserted in recess 2. The neckof the jar properly corked is inverted and inserted in opening 2 inthe-jar-stand. Around this neck IV pour plaster-of-paris cast or otherequivalent packing material 6, so as to hold the neck of the jar rigidlyin a vertical position, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2. I employ on thejarstand, in such form and configuration as I desire, the requisitenumber of exhibition-jars required to properly illustrate the exhibitpresented.

I place around the neck of the inverted jar what I term a sectionalclamping-ring '7, formed in sections 7 and 7 b, preferably formed ofmetal, and in this instance the ring VSerial No. 715,799. (No model.)

lhas a corrugated surface in cross-section. Other forms of rings may beused. To one section of ring 7-viz. '7a-are attached springcatches 8,and the other section 7b is provided near the ends thereof with openings10 to receive said catches at their free ends with catches 9 9, thecatches fitting into slots l0 10 on section 7b, Fig. 5, so that when thetwo halves of the clamping-ring are brought together the catches 9 9 onthe ends of the four springs slip into slots 10 l0 on the other half ofthe ring and form a close connection. The two sections of the ring whenbrought together have an annular opening ll (best illustrated in Figs. 3and 4) and so made as to lit closely against the neck of the jar 'at l212, Fig. 2, and rest on the upper surface of the jar-stand 1 at 13 13,Fig. 2.

For the-purpose of still further steadying the jars in their invertedposition I provide three or more lips 14: 14, (best illustrated in Fig.4,) which are cut from the metal where the neck is cut away and turneddownward and inward, as best illustrated in Fig. 2. These lips can beplaced substantially in a Vertical line, so as to rrest verticallyagainst the neck of the inverted jar; but in this instance they. areshown deflected away from the vertical line of the neck. It is obviousthat these features may be omitted, if it is thought desirable; but mypreference is to have these lips arranged so as to engage and supportthe neck of the inverted jar held steadily in its position to preventaccidents in handling the same.

The purpose of my invention is to furnish a compactly-arranged neatmethod of exhib iting in glass jars canned fruits and vegetables to beused as exhibits in stores and other places where such exhibits aredesired. By the arrangement of the parts as herein illustrated each jaris hermetically sealed, and the jar being transparent the fruit orVegetables contained in the jar are exposed to the viewA of purchasersand those interested in the subject.

It should also be borne in mind that the sectional clamping-ring can bescrewed or tacked to thejar-stand for giving additional security insupporting the inverted jars in their vertical position. It should alsobe IOO noted that another feature of the jars consists in having the topportion rounded not only for beauty, but for convenience.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s-

l. The combination of the jar-stand having a recess, an inverted glassjar secured at its neck in the recess in the stand, and a sectional ringsurrounding the neck of the jar resting against the surface of thestand, with mechanism for securing the sectional ring in contact withthe neck of the jar, for the purposes stated.

2. A jar-stand provided with a dovetailed recess in the stand, incombination with a glass jar having a neck at one end and a roundedportion at the opposite end inverted and placed inthe opening in thejar-stand and suitable packing surrounding the neck of the jar, and asectional clamping-ring engaging the neck of the jar and the surface ofthe jar-stand, for the purposes stated.

3. A jar-stand and the inverted jars placed on the stand in combinationWith sectional base-rings surrounding the necks of the jars and engagingthe same and also engaging the jar-stand, and means for holding thesectional rings to the stand and to the neck of the inverted jars, forthe purposes stated.

4. Ajar-stand provided with inverted jars, in combination with asectional metallic basering surrounding the neck of each jar with meansfor holding the sections of the ring together and each section of therings provided with a lip turned downward into contact with the neck ofthe jars, for the purposes stated.

5. A jar-stand and an inverted jar supported thereon in combination witha sectional clamping-ring arranged to engage the neck of the invertedjar and the surface of the jar-stand, one section of the ring beingprovided with springs having catches at their ends and one section ot'the ring being provided With slotted catch-engaging openings for holdingthe parts of the ring together, for the purposes stated.

6. A jar-stand, in combination with a transparent inverted jar, theinverted end ot' the jar resting on the stand, and a ring surroundingand engaging the neck of the jar secured to the stand, substantially asset forth.

7. A jar-stand having a recess, in combination with a transparentinverted jar, the neck of which iits into the recess on the stand,packing surrounding the neck of the jar on the recess for the purposesstated.

Signed by me at Rome, New York, this 14th day of April, 1899.

JAMES P. OLNEY. 'Vitnesses:

J. S. BAKER, D. L. GREENFIELD.

